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Monday, 15 August 2016

Very Green Salad with Rocket & Watercress

As you may have noticed from my previous post, I've been growing my own fruit and vegetables in raised beds this year, in an attempt to avoid the destructive deluge of slugs and snails. I must say, it's been pretty successful and I haven't had to buy any salad leaves for quite a while. As I'm now over run with rocket (arugula), I've been adding it to every salad I make, but haven't really allowed it to be the star of the show. This very green salad is a great way to use up a glut of rocket and is a good source of vitamins, iron and calcium. The quantities are deliberately quite fluid, as you can use a mix of any salad leaves you have to hand, or need to use up.Serves 4 as a side salad

2 handfuls/cups of bitter salad leaves (rocket, watercress etc.)

1 handful/cup of sweet salad leaves (lettuce, spinach etc.)

⅓ cucumber, sliced

½ green pepper, sliced

50g/2oz green olives

50g/2oz walnut pieces or pine nuts

For the dressing - mix these ingredients together in a cup or small bowl.

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